Seabrook Town Council and Visitor Office
Welcome to Seabrook
Fidelis Mari et Litori
Seabrook is laid out between the hills and the sea on the south coast of England. It is a small town with a working harbour, a Victorian pier and a river, the River Seabrook, which passes under the Old Stone Bridge and runs through the town to the harbour. The sea is to the east. The church has a square tower and a clock, and the pier runs out from the middle of the seafront.
The High Street runs from the bridge to the pier. On it will be found a bookshop, a bakery, a butcher, a post office and a tea room that opens at eight. The harbour is a working one and smells of salt and diesel.
The season runs from Easter to the end of September. Seabrook remains open for the rest of the year, and a number of residents prefer it.
The Visitor Office is at the Town Hall, where Seabrook Town Council also sits. Enquiries are welcome at the desk and are answered in writing in due course.
This month
October
- The Autumn Fete, a Saturday in October
- Marlowe’s Autumn Auction, a Saturday in October
- Half-term, the last week of October
Finding your way
The town map
Visitor information
Getting here
Seabrook is on the south coast.
- By rail
- Seabrook has no station of its own. Visitors arriving by rail should alight at Hartbury, two miles inland, which is the nearest station. The line follows the coast for the last twenty minutes before Hartbury. Trains are infrequent, and the timetable should be consulted before travelling.
- By taxi
- Taxis wait outside Hartbury station. The journey to Seabrook takes five minutes.
- By bus
- Buses run between the interchange at Hartbury and the High Street. The afternoon bus is the 4.15.
- By road
- The road from Hartbury rises through farmland and drops towards the coast, entering the town by the Old Stone Bridge over the River Seabrook. The sign giving the name of the river is at present half hidden by ivy. It is on the list.
- Parking
- The car park on Harbour Road is pay-and-display. The machine is new and is at present printing the wrong year on tickets. The day and the time are correct, and tickets remain valid.
- On foot
- Most of the town can be reached on foot from the High Street. Steps lead down from the High Street to the promenade. The pier takes seven minutes to walk from one end to the other at a steady pace, and the same to walk back.
Single
Hartbury to Seabrook
By the 4.15. Not transferable.
No. 0415
The weather
The wind comes off the sea and tests the window frames. March is cold, with a brightness behind it, and October is cold without. Visitors are advised to bring a coat, and to bring it in August as well.
Shops, services and landmarks
The directory
landmark
The Lighthouse
White tower, red top, on the point that shelters the harbour. Also on the town crest.
private investigator
Penrose’s Office
Up the stairs at the back of the bookshop. The eighth one creaks.
Who’s who
Residents
Seabrook Town Council
Notice board
Notice
Harbour Road car park: the pay-and-display machine
The Council is aware that the new pay-and-display machine at the Harbour Road car park is printing the wrong year on tickets. The day, the month and the time are correct. Tickets remain valid and should be displayed in the usual way. The supplier has been informed.
Seabrook Town Council
Notice
Harbour Road car park: an update
An engineer attended the pay-and-display machine at the Harbour Road car park on Tuesday. The machine printed the correct year in his presence and for some hours afterwards. It has since resumed. A further visit has been requested. Motorists are asked not to correct their tickets by hand.
Seabrook Town Council
Seabrook Town Council
About the town
- The motto
- The motto of the town is Fidelis Mari et Litori, which is given in English as “Faithful to Sea and Shore”. It appears on the crest and on the town sign.
- The crest
- The crest is a shield bordered with twisted rope in navy and white, with the name of the town across the top. On the left a gold lighthouse stands on a rocky outcrop and throws its beam to the right. A gull flies at the top, and on the right a sailing boat with two sails rides the waves. A gold anchor lies across the point of the shield. Below it the motto is carried on a cream ribbon, above a knot of rope. The date 1324 is shown on the water below the lighthouse. It is the only date on the crest, and no record says what it marks.
- The Council
- Seabrook Town Council sits at the Town Hall, which contains the Council Chamber, committee rooms, offices and an assembly room. The Mayor of Seabrook is Councillor Lucy Fielding. The Council is responsible for Seabrook Gardens, the car parks and the deck chairs on the pier, and considers planning applications. Letters to the Council are answered in due course.
Holmes wisdom: Penrose reads the Chronicle slowly and twice. Holmes sits on it once, and for longer.